Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1991, 7:04 PM EDT for Bleckley County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1991, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1991, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bleckley County, GA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Bleckley, GA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Athens Municipal, GA (KAHN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 560 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 5, 4:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
GAZ005-ALZ012-GAZ006-052115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS GA 415 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 ...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA AND EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA UNTIL 9 PM EDT... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR IN COLUMBUS INDICATED SEVERAL LARGE...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR TUSKEGEE...AUBURN AND OPELIKA ALABAMA. NUMEROUS OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ANNISTON ALABAMA SOUTH TO MONTGOMERY AND UNION SPRINGS ALABAMA. OVER CENTRAL GEORGIA SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN LAGRANGE AND NEWNAN. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT WEST GEORGIA AND EAST ALABAMA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER...INCLUDING TORNADOES...CAN DEVELOP VERY RAPIDLY. BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY AND TAKE SHELTER IF NECESSARY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL TELEVISION AND RADIO STATIONS FOR LATER UPDATES FROM *THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Local storm report, May 5, 4:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ATHENS GA 445 PM EDT SUN MAY 5 1991 COUNTY........ NEWTON SOURCE........DISPATCHER SHERIFF OFFICE TIME..........325 PM EDT LOCATION......WEST SIDE OF COVWINGTON TYPE STORM....SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAIL..........NOT REPORTED DAMAGE........STRONG WINDS A FEW TREES DOWN INJURIES......NONE REPORTED
Local storm report, May 5, 5:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Morgan, Newton, Walton | 55 min |
| May 5, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Douglas | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Cobb, Coweta, Fulton | 48 min |
| May 5, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Clayton, Fayette | 47 min |
| May 5, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crawford, Peach | 39 min |
| May 5, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Bibb, Houston, Monroe | 45 min |
| May 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dooly, Pulaski | 42 min |
| May 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Jones, Twiggs | 42 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Baldwin, Wilkinson | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Crisp, Wilcox | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Dodge, Laurens | 60 min |
| May 5, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FFC | Montgomery, Treutlen, Wheeler | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Georgia, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.